RBS voted top in leveraged finance

By

James Rutter and

Nicholas Lockley

February 6, 2006 5:00 pm GMT

Royal Bank of Scotland has been voted the top bank for European leveraged finance in a Financial News poll of financial sponsors, published today. The Scottish bank was well ahead, with half the sponsors polled saying it would be one of the first three calls they made when financing an acquisition.

For acquisitions of more than €500m ($600m), JP Morgan was ranked second and Citigroup third, while for deals below €500m Bank of Scotland was runner-up, followed by Barclays Capital.